Davydov Ruslan Valentinovich

Davydov Ruslan Valentinovich

Education

In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (since 2009 - the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI) with a degree in automation and electronics, after which he worked in research institutions of the system of the USSR Ministry of Medium Engineering, was engaged in security alarm systems for the border and special objects [1]. In 1993 he graduated from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in economics and management.

Biography

Ruslan Valentinovich Davydov was born in 1960.

1995

Since 1995 - at diplomatic work: Vice Consul of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in San Francisco (USA), Deputy Head of the Representative Office of the Russian Center for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

2012-2015

Since 2012, he served as Deputy Head of the FCS of Russia.

Since 2015, R.V. Davydov has also been Chairman of the Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Units of the Council of Heads of Customs Services of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

2016

In July 2016, R.V. Davydov was elected Chairman of the Council of the World Customs Organization, becoming the first representative of Russia at the head of the highest governing body of an international organization that unites 180 countries.

By order of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 18, 2017 No. 298-r "On the First Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service" Ruslan Davydov was appointed First Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service. He is the person responsible for the informatization of the department.

2020: TAdviser interview

In February 2020, the first deputy head of the Federal Customs Service Ruslan Davydov, who oversees the construction of the customs control architecture, spoke in an interview with TAdviser about the prospects for digitalization of the FCS. Read more here.

2022: Appointment as Head of FCS

In February 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed orders, one of which he dismissed 70-year-old Vladimir Bulavin from the post of head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of the Russian Federation, and the other appointed 62-year-old Ruslan Davydov as the new leader.

Ruslan Davydov

Before heading the FCS, Ruslan Davydov served as the first deputy head of the FCS. In this position, he oversaw, among other things, the work of electronic customs and the introduction of automatic procedures when declaring. According to the government, Davydov worked in customs authorities by February 2023 for more than 15 years.

The maximum service life in customs authorities is 65 years with the possibility of extension for a maximum of five years.

According to Vedomosti, Bulavin's resignation occurred against the background of searches in the FCS. At the end of January 2023, searches were carried out in the main building of the service in Moscow related to a criminal case against Dmitry Vasiliev, head of the central information and technical customs department of the department. The Investigative Committee charged him with a crime under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe on an especially large scale).^[1]

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